LaCourtney French Instructor‚ Staci Glover History 101-2B 28 March 2011 Religion has been around since the beginning of time. Even before there were the dominant religions such as Catholicism and Christianity‚ the first humans had different things that they served and worshipped. During the evolution of mankind‚ religion also evolved and transformed. There are many events that have greatly affected the course of religion and has alowed it to blossom into what it is today. Three events that
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general council of the church. Charles the V‚ emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Spain‚ tried to persuade the Pope to assemble a council because he hope that the church would fix some of the abuses‚ thus stop people from converting to Lutheranism. However‚ Francis I‚ King of France‚ actively promoted the Protestants in Germany‚ even though France is a Catholic country. He did this because
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council’s attempt to close it down and force the members to renounce their vows. The council made an effort to replace the Franciscans‚ who had been preachers and confessors to St. Claire‚ with different preachers who advocated the doctrine of Lutheranism (68). These efforts turned out to be problematic because the teachings of the Lutherans preached Christian freedom‚ and the idea that the laws of the Church and oaths of religious orders were invalid‚ and no one was obligated to keep them (68).
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was the son of Heinrich Marx‚ a lawyer‚ and Henriette Marx. Heinrich and Henriette Marx were descendants from a long line of Jewish rabbis. His father was banned from practicing law because he was a Jew. Marx’s father converted his family to Lutheranism. Marx attended a Lutheran elementary school and later became an atheist and materialist‚ rejecting both the Christian and Jewish religions. Marx would later coin the aphorism “Religion is the opium of the people‚” which is a cardinal principle
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humility. She rebelled against neither. When she was young‚ her family was economically secure and filled with devotion and love. The Anthony’s Quaker faith was so securalized and humane that in the face of the harsh Calvinism inheirited by puritan New England‚ it would not have been likely to stir a rebellious streak in hereither. In this average family‚ she did not mingle with great leaders; instead‚ she spent long hours quilting with her
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James Fenimore Cooper‚ born on September 15‚ 1789 in Burlington‚ New Jersey was the twelfth of thirteen children. When he was one‚ Cooper and his parents moved to Cooperstown on Otsego Lake in New York‚ which his father‚ William Cooper‚ helped establish. His childhood in the small town later gave him inspiration for his book‚ Pioneers written in 1923. From childhood‚ Fenimore received tutoring and attended a boarding school in Albany‚ after which he then attended two years at Yale until his expulsion
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During the 80 year war‚ Catholicism was strained in the Netherlands‚ as its churches were stripped down and mostly eliminated and instead‚ Calvinism was promoted. The 80 year war resulted in the Calvinist Dutch majority having to reinvent themselves and avoid Old Catholic tradition‚ thus having a major impact on Dutch art overall. European Baroque style art was generally viewed as very animated
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In analytically overviewing the works of E.B. Tylor and James Frazer‚ one must articulate what the societal values were in the 19th century progressing into the 20th century as well as the predominating religion in their individual lives. As anyone can assume‚ the aspects of “nurture” in a societal environment play a key role into shaping the moralistic values of a person as they grow up. Examining the background of E.B. Tylor‚ who was born to a wealthy Quaker family in London in 1832‚ when the
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The Lonely Island Inspiration can be found in the strangest of places‚ amongst the strangest of things. In 1829‚ Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by a great cavern‚ rich with Scottish mythology. While sailing through the Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland‚ he saw the famed Fingal’s Cave and was so moved by its beauty that he jotted down a full orchestration that became the beginning of one of his most famous works‚ The Hebrides Overture. Originally titled‚ The Lonely Island‚ this masterpiece
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have total control over people’s lives and in turn their people would serve them first and their religious leaders second. Hence more power was transferred to these rulers as the church was lost power. When new religions started up in Germany (Lutheranism)‚ England (Anglican)‚ and
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